Chobar

KOH-bar

What is Chobar?

Chobar is the Douay-Rheims spelling of Chebar, the river in the land of the Chaldeans where Ezekiel sat among the captives when the heavens were opened and he saw visions of God (Ezekiel 1:1). The word of the LORD came to him there and the hand of the LORD was upon him (Ezekiel 1:3).